I know it’s been a long time since I’ve really blogged, but I’m doing so, so much better than I was. I’ve been back in therapy for six months now. I’ve been moved out for almost 5 years. I saw three different counselors in Colorado — a Christian psychologist and two counselors at my collegeContinueContinue reading “This is a story about the unexpected”
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Those nights kept me alive: Chat logs from my escape
Here’s another post from my escape. I’ve been remembering it in pictures and with an old email I wrote to friends explaining my situation as it was happening. Today, I’m posting some of my old chat logs. If you know someone who is being held too tightly, this is for you. If you are one ofContinueContinue reading “Those nights kept me alive: Chat logs from my escape”
Why I Kept Living: World Suicide Prevention Day 2016
Originally posted on Facebook on Sept. 10, 2016. It’s been almost one year since the last time I wanted to die. It’s morbid, yes, but today is World Suicide Prevention Day and so far, I have kept living. I was 14 when it happened the first time. Winter has always felt like death to me,ContinueContinue reading “Why I Kept Living: World Suicide Prevention Day 2016”
Poem: For Mike
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, and this is for Mike. Mike was another homeschool alum like me. He was a college classmate and my friend. I want so much for the homeschool community to recognize that we have pain and problems also. Not just public school kids. I want people like Mike to findContinueContinue reading “Poem: For Mike”
Outside the Box: Recovering from obsessive guilt
“i am still learning that i am allowed to be human out hereinside it was not allowedthose things made a bad thing happenso i still feel that. any tiny mistake… ” ~ anonymous friend Obsessive guilt is no longer my religion. But for many years, it was, and the scars left by it still lingerContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: Recovering from obsessive guilt”
Eleanor Skelton 